2. BIM and Offsite Manufacturing
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BIM and Offsite Manufacturing
IStructE BIM Conference 30th April 2015 Richard Ogden MBE – Chairman Mark Bryden – Bryden Wood

3. 21st Century low carbon Intelligent Construction
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21st Century low carbon Intelligent Construction
80% ↓ by 2050
smart

4. Setting the scene “Why change?”
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Setting the scene “Why change?”

5. Took 1 year and 45 days to complete
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Empire state building
1931
381 metres 102 storeys high
Took 1 year and 45 days to complete
One storey per day – never been repeated
Modular construction – steel frame prefabricated offsite

6. 2025 Construction industrial strategy

7. These member companies are demanding change!
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These member companies are demanding change!

8. 8

9. What does the future look like?

10. Car manufacturers 2 million options Common platforms 80% BMW 7 series
Porsche Cayenne
Audi A3
Audi TT
Rolls Royce Ghost
Audi Q7
VW Scirocco
VW Golf
Rolls Royce wraith
Common platforms
80%
Seat Leon
VW Touareg
VW Beetle
Skoda Fabia
Bentley SUV

11. Where are you in the picture?
Analogue or Digital

12. Innovation People who build BMW’s are not mechanics
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Innovation
People who build BMW’s are not mechanics
Somebody, somewhere is designing another set of toilets. Why?
Where is the Henry Ford of construction?

13. 25% ↓ Innovation is key Bridges built like aircraft
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Innovation is key
Bridges built like aircraft
Knowledge transfer from aerospace
carbon, resins, composites
Smart wall construction, LOR
3D printing
Explore housing
Offsite Construction Show
25% ↓

14. The car! You wouldn’t build a car in a field!
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The car!
You wouldn’t build a car in a field!

15. The bus!
1100 buses per year
System integrated
Circa £350k

16. “Why make a project out of a product?” BIM libraries Car parks
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“Why make a project out of a product?”
BIM libraries
Car parks

17. Process Product assemblers prototypes System integrators
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assemblers
prototypes
Process Product
System integrators
Transfer knowledge from other industries
Not more brick layers?

18. Thoughts and conclusions
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19. Client imperatives
Cost – cost neutral. The economy is
improving, let’s raise costs!
Time – a manhole in a day etc..
Quality – right first time – snags!!
Safety – scaffolding – dangerous!
Culture and behaviour – JLR – 2 hairdressers!
Logistics – Stobart/white van or a wheelbarrow
Sustainability – cost of carbon per ton?
Are you A LEADER OR A FOLLOWER?

20. Remember ?

21. This is how we build houses

22. This is how we could build
£286m
50 storey
80% offsite
Manufactured at EXPLORE manufacturing
Great Irish in Great Britain
122 Leadenhall Street (The Cheesegrater building)

23. The planets are aligning
Culture & behaviour
Low carbon
offsite
Lean
BIM
Client wishes:
Cost, time, quality, safety and sustainability
DFMA

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Mark, how do you see digital engineering shaping construction in the future?